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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Inga Parkel

Elon Musk regains ownership of Gene Wilder’s former LA home after foreclosing on Willy Wonka star’s nephew

Elon Musk has reclaimed ownership of Gene Wilder’s iconic Bel-Air home from the late Willy Wonka star’s nephew Jordan Walker-Pearlman, who had defaulted on the loan he had received from the tech billionaire to purchase the property in 2020.

Musk, 53, who first acquired the single-family LA home in 2013 for $6.7 million, originally planned to sell the dwelling in 2020, claiming at the time that he planned to “own no house.”

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